About Comanche Chapter
District: Westwood
Totem: Indian Dancer
The Comanche are a Native American ethnic group whose historic range (the Comancheria) consisted of present-day eastern New Mexico, southern Colorado, northeastern Arizona, southern Kansas, all of Oklahoma, and most of northwest Texas. The Comanches were hunter-gatherers, with a typical Plains Indian culture, including the horse. There may have been as many as 45,000 Comanches in the late 18th century.
Today, the Comanche Nation consists of 14,700 members (2010 enrollment figures) about half of whom live in Oklahoma. The remainder are concentrated in Texas, California, and New Mexico. The tribe is headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma. The Comanche speak the Comanche language, a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, sometimes classified as a Shoshone dialect.
Patches & Memorabilia
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Chapter Chief's Necklace Mid 1950's-72 |
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| Round 1960-69  Embroidered on twill with white step-stitch background. Orange rolled edge. Design was used for the Tamet Tokala patches. Blue Book Cat. No. 225 Comanche R1 |
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Artwork
Comanche Chapter solicited designs for a new chapter patch in 1971. The patch was never made.
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| Designed by Richard Pealer (courtesy of Dr. Brian Solow) |
Designed by Jeff Morley |
Designer unknown, possibly Richard Pealer (courtesy of Dr. Brian Solow) |
Late1950's
Pennant
Felt letters and details sewn to hemmed cotton.
In the late 1950's, chapters made banners that were attached to the Tamet Lodge Flag.
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